sound on the 770z

[Bill Mair]

Rob Mayoff wrote:

> Paul Philips wrote:
> | However, volume is very low.  On one of the thinkpad/linux web
> | pages I found a reference to a "master volume control" which needs to be
> | moved up, but there's no reference to this in the thinkpad manual or
> | configuration utility.
>
> I saw that mention too. I think it's referring to the physical volume
> control on the side of the case. I set mine to about 2.5, and set the
> software master volume to about 90%. This gives me plenty of volume
> (through my headphones) without much hiss.

The 2nd Master control (part of the mixer chip) has only 5 levels, the
control can be set when using ALSA, it defaults to 25% (the other levels
being 0%,50%,75% and 100%).

Bill.